The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 23, 1949, Page 8

PAGE EIGHT vmusxi LMI'IRE—JUNFAU ALASKA AM. LEGION HEAD IS Prolest on Haulmg o! ® VISITOR IN JUNEAU Mall Alaska Highway @ According to (hf‘ big, hearty man GREAT FALLS, Mont, June 23| himself, Ray Murphy’s one claim to | P-—-Great Falls has submitted Ri fame up here is that he is the cnly [formal re to Washington < man in the Territory sporting alpostal officials that it be removed straw hat from the Northwest Postal Dis-| Wl Murphy has many claims to fame | trict and jurisdication of Seattle,| district headquarters, \ President Lou SIniff of the Great | Falls Chamber of Commerce, said | which are more plausible He was National Commander ot the American Legion for the 1935-36 term. He is general counsel for the Association of Casualty and Surety Companies. Moreover, he was chairman of the Iowa State Tax Commission in 1934 and 35, when Iowa had a critical tax condition “We came to the point ot diminishing returns on direct taxes,” said Murphy today. “The effects of the depression on farm industry were such that there was practically no tax base left. We had to start taxing the in- tongibles. “We worked it out through per- here the request is being made be-| cause Great Falls “apparently is| not receiving fair treatment” in its efforts to secure an overland | mail haul out of here direct to Alaska over the Alaska highway. had agreed to undercut their rate offered reduction amounted to $60| per ton, according to the letter. Siniff said the letter was received Divisional Superintendent of Rail- | The assertion followed advise| here from a U.S. postal official in| Seattle that Seattle boat interests| for hauling mail to Alaska. The| from A. D. Lawrence, Northwest| ‘ sonal and corporate income taxes,|way Mails, he said Lawrence is aj then a two percent sales tax. Re-|member of the Seattle Chamber ot | alizing that we still had lett a loophole in the matter of out-of- state commerce, we added a use tax. “Things worked out well.” Although an Iowan, Murphy has made his home in New York City for the past 12 years. On his first. trip to Alaska, his visit to Juneau was irief, as he arrived Tuesday and was sched- uled out on today's flight to An- chorage. He will visit Fairbanks and other parts of the Interior before returning to New York. Berlin Railway Workers Stopped In Loading Trains The striking West Beriin Railway | workers union proposal to Wwork {reight trains from West Germany, although not abandoning their strike, has run into snags. British officials said the plan was imprac- tical and ordered German police to stop the workers from operating an “emergency service” without the permission of the Russian-controll- ed management. H The offer is being conisdered by the railway management. The un- fon (UGO) also offered to send| work squads out to repair damage done during the early days of the strike. They are striking for full pay ih West marks, instead of less valuable East marks, for job secur- ity and union recognition. DEE ANN WHITEHEAD FLIES FROM LA. TO VISIT FATHER A trip alone from Los Angeles to Juneau was just a lot of fun for Miss Dee Ann Whitehead, eleven year old daughter of Ernie White- head, Northern Commercial Com- pany manager in Juneau. Dee Ann, who arrived in Juneau Wednesday by Pan American Air- ways, had flown from Los Angeles to Seattle, visited an aunt in Se- attle over night and started on her way to Juneau Wednesday morning. She will remain in town with her father for about two weeks be- fore she goes south for her 12th birthday party in Los Angeles. SIGNS CONTEMPT ORDER On presentation of K. E. Robert- son, attorney for the defendants in the case of Richard L. Merrick vs. Steve Larson Homer et al, Judge George W. Folta yesterday signed an order adjudging William L. Paul, Jr., guilty of contempt under pro- visions of Section 55-11-68, A.C.L.A. 1949. The court ordered costs to be paid by June 27. A Dominican government broad- cast heard in Cuba said a third| attempt .to land revolutionary in- vaders in the republic by plane; had been crushed. The broadcast said eight of the invaders were killed an four captured in the latest reported attempt against the government of President Rafael | Lawrence and Army officials par- Cemmerce Alaska Trade Commit-) tee. “We are asking that Great Falls| be removed from the Northwest Postal District and placed in am other district that we can get in,”| Siniff said. Announcement of the steamship rate cut also followed within about! five weeks a conference here May | 12, which officials said ended with “good assurance” that Great Falls| would be permitted to Iorward‘ Eastern and Southern U.S. mail| on to Alaska ‘by truck serv:ce‘ icipated in the conference with | ocal officials. Arres, Archbishop j (By the Associated Press) A Vatican scurce said today the| arrest of Archbishop Josef Beran by the Communist government of Czechoslovakia is expected at any time. Archbishop Beran, primate of the Roman Catholic church in 1 Czechoslovakia, has been accusea of anti-state activities by the gov-| ernment established Catholic Ac- tion Society. It is a show-down fight between | the Catholic hierarchy and the, | government, similar to that waged {in other Communist-dominated countries. The Vatican bhas ex- ccmmunicated members of the | catholic Action Society, calling it la device to divide church memuers| and put church education under government control. PRINCETON-HALL ON MISSIONARY TRIPS Leaving the small boat harbor| yesterday afternoon, the Princeton-| Hall took a Vacation Bible School! team to Hoonah. On the present run of the missionary boat, services | will be conducted at Hoonah, Pell- can and Elfin Cove by Cyrus Peck,| lay werker in the Presbyterian, Church and skipper of the boat.| The Princeton-Hall will return to Juneau late Saturday afternoon to pick up a team for Metlakatla, Sax- | man or Kasaan. | A fact-finding board in Honolulu| is studying testimony presented at public hearings in an effort to| find some solution to Honolulu's| crippling longshoremen’s strike. | The board will make a recommen- | dation to Gov. Ingram M. Stain- back. The 54-day old strike of 2,000} | stevedores for increased pay has |tied up shipping—Honolulu's life- line. Lack of supplies has closed many industries and brought hard-| |ship to protesting consumers. 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